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The whole sentence is:

> だが、偶然にも生き残ったサイア人たちがいた。

Could it be:

> However, fortuitously surviving sayajins remained.

In this case, this いた is the past of 居る? If this right, 居る could have the
reading "to remain" or "the be left" in this case?

Thanks.


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The meaning of いた in this sentence related to be left surviving


As youy say, `いた` is the past of `居る`.


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いた just means "there was ～" here. いた is the past tense of いる ("to be", "to
exist"). And is サイア人 a typo for サイ **ヤ** 人?

> 生き残ったサイヤ人  
>  Saiyans who survived
>
> 偶然にも生き残ったサイヤ人  
>  Saiyans who happened to survive
>
> だが、偶然にも生き残ったサイヤ人たち **がいた** 。  
>  However, **there were** Saiyans who happened to survive.


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